Ornamental brick.



PATENTED JULY' 31, 1906.

F. PEDRIGK.

ORNAMENTAL BRICK.

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UNITED STATE s PATENT l OEEIOE. l FRANKl PEDEIOII, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO. l

ENTAL BRICK- I specification of Letters Patent.' Application led September 2, 1905. Serial No. 276,821.v

Patented July e1, 190e.

To all whom it may concern: l

Beit knownthat I, FRANK PEDRIOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin. and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Ornamental Bricks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in ornamental bricks.

The object of the invention is to provide al' composition-brick having a lass facin permanently. securedto the bo y of the rick, the latter preferably being formed of a. suitable plastic material.

Another feature resides in so constructing" the brick as to conceal the mortar joints when the bricks are assembled in a wall and to provide cushioning and fastening means, whereby vibration is prevented from spreading from the outer surface of the glass facing of one brick to the facings of the other bricks, thus checking cracks and reserving the general appearance of the wall).

A further point of novelty lies in tying or locking grooves provided in the upper and lower edges of the facing, which receive the fastening means, securelyholding the same in `place when it sets.

Finally, the object of the invention is to provide a brick of the character described that will be strong, durable, efficient, and ofl an ornamental a pearance, aswell as simple and comparative y inexpensive to make.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel details of construction and operation, a referable embodiment of which is describe in the speci- .A fication and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure-1 is a .partial front elevation of a wall constructed of my improved bricks, the fastening means bein broken OH to illustrate the joints between t e facings. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a artial corner perspective view of one of the ricks, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line y 'y of Fig. 1. v

In the drawi s the numeral 1' designates a (glass facing, w ich is provided on its rear si e with a longitudinal recess 2, having upper and lower portions 3 and 4 rounded in cross-section, so as to receive the plastic body 5 of the brick and ermanently secure the facing thereto, as be hereinafter described. The facing is somewhat larger than the brick, so as to project be ond the same along its ends and upper and ower surfaces.' The facing of each brick is cut away and beveled along the four edges of its outer face, as indicated at 6 in Fig. 3. Along the upper and lower edges the 4beveled portions 6 terminate in grooves 7, above which groove the facing is formed with a shoulder 8. At the ends of the brick the grooves 7 are omitted and the facing carried straight back to continuations 8 of the shoulders. The continuations 8 of the shoulders are pierced by the recess 2. In this manner when the bricks. Vare assembled in a wall only the shoulder portions of the facings will contact, as will be apparent from Figs. 2 and 4. The shoulders projecting beyond the body5 of each brick will afford sufcient sfpace around the bodies for the reception o mortar, as indicated at 9 in Figs. 2 and 4. The bodies of the bricks are thus securely fastened together, and the joints formed by the mortar areconcealed by the abutting shoulders ofthe facings. `The bev-` eled ortions of the facings also being se arated? vertical and horizontal channels wil be provided, into which a suitable fastening composition 1 1, such as utty, may be forced. The grooves 7 along t e upper and lower edges of the facings will receive the putty and form a lock, securely fastening the same in lace when it is set. The vertical channels formed between the ends of the facings are so short that the rooves will not be necessary, as the utty wi remain in the channels without loc ing means. It will be a parent that the putty filling inthe channelset'ween the outer surfaces of the facings will act as a cushionin means and tend to absorb vibration, whic would obviously spread from one facing to the other if the outer surfaces came in contact with each other.

In forming the bricks the glass facing is first formed and then placed in a suitable mold, into which the plastic material, such as cement, &c., is forced, the latter filling in the recess 2 and its rounded portions 3 and 4,

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thus securely tying the facing to the body l when the same sets.

A brick of this character presents a highlyornamental appearance, `as various color schemes and designs may be used in forming the facing, and the fastening material 11 may be also colored to harmonize and at the same time ermitting ordinary mortar to be used to bind the bricks together.

Having now fully described my invention,

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what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An ornamental brick having a facing of glass formed with beveled edves and enlarged iiat shoulder portions extending beyond the said edges outwardly, the facing also being provided with longitudinal rooves between the beveled edges and shoul er portions of its upper and lower sides, and a body of lastic material having engagement with the acing.

2. An ornamental brick having a facing of glass formed with a beveled portion and an enlarged shouldered vportion extending entirely about said beveled portion, the said facing also having cement-receiving grooves connecting its beveled and shouldered portions along its u per and lower sides, in com bination with a. ody of plastic material havin engagement with the facing.

n testimony whereof, I affix my signature zo in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK PEDRICK.

I Witnesses: l

C. C. SHEPHERD, M. B. SoiLEY. 

